Reamer



H. A. GREENLEE. BEAMER APPLICATION FILED DEC. I3 1920- l 1,41 '8,25 Patented May 30, 1922. I

f H/lfi'reen e ,NVENTOR 0.' ZPAMM ArroRNEY WITNFSSES UNITED STATES HARRY A.. GEEENIIEE, OIF PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA.

BEAMER.

Lenaerts.

To aZZww/m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY A.PGREENLEE, a citizenof the United States, residingY at Iawhuska, in the county of Osage and State of Oklahoma, have invented' new and useful Improvements in Beamers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a reamer designed for use in the drilling of oil, gas, artesian or other piped wells, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which may be readily inserted through the tubing or casing to enlarge an opening therebelow through which the casing may be readily lowered.

A further object is to producev a reamer for this purpose in which thebody thereof is laterally offset from its shank, and the said body, at its lower end is provided with a head formed with jaws on the under face I l to the ordinary means for operatmg such and at one side thereof, the construction be` ing such as to permitof the same being readily passed through the well tubing, and after the latter has been elevated a desired distance, to have its shank centrally arranged in the tubing so that the body and the` jaw carrying head thereof, when the shank is revolved will materially enlarge the opening for the reception of the casing.

It is a further object to produce a reamer for the purpose set forth in which the jaws i carried by the head thereof are of a peculiar construction to receive therebetween the main pressure of the water vin the hole being reamed so as to centralize the reamer in its work.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a simple construction, and arrangement of parts, such as is illustrated by the drawings.

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a reamer constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an end view looking toward the jaws of the reamer.

As disclosed by the drawings the improved reamer includes a cross sectionally rounded shank l that has its sides cut to provide squared wrench holes 2 and that has its upper end provided with a threaded eX- tension 3 whereby the reamer may be at- L, tached to the operating means therefor.

Integrally formed with the shank, but off- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30,1922.

Application filed December 13, 1920. Serial No. 430,277.

setV laterally from what I will term the yfront faceof the shank is the body 4 of the improvement. The body is round in cross section,"a-n`dis of a length preferably greater than that of the shank. The portion of the body connecting the same with the shank is fiared toward the said shank, as indicated by the numeral 5, but the lower end of the body, from the outer face thereof, which, as stated, is in alignment with the outer face of the shank, is enlarged to provide an extending head G and a shoulder 7 between the head and body. The head 6 from its front face is cut'inwardly at opposite angles, the said cut also entering the outer end of the head. The cut provides the head with a substantially V-shaped or flared pocket 8, and the walls of the pocket provide the head with jaws 9 9.

The shank of the improvement is attached devices, and is passed through the well vcasing. The inner straight face of the body and head may be arranged in contacting engagement with one of the kwalls of the casing, but the opposite rear wall of the head may contact with the opposite wall of the casing. It will thus be noted that the shank is not arranged in the center of the casing when the reamer yis lowered therethrough. The casing isA elevated a suitable distance for lthe proper working of the reamer in the hole in which the casing is to be lowered. Vhen the flared wall 5 contacts with the lower edge of the casing the body of the reamer will be directed outward of the casing. This is especially true whenthe reamer is turned. This will bring the shank in the center of the casing, so that the laterally extending portions of the body t and head 6 will bebrought to one side of the casing. It will be apparent that by revolvinvention,

' the pocket.

with, but arranged laterally with respect to one face thereof, a flared wall connecting the body with the shank, a head on the outer end of the Shank arranged laterally withV res/peetA to the face thereof that is .flush with the face of the shank, said head having its face which aligne` 'with the face of the head and shank provided with a V-shaped depression that enters the bottom thereof and that has its walls flared outwardly to provide a pooket, and cutting jaws to the opposite sidesof 2.1i reamer including a bodyl having a head at one end thereof, one Side of the head4 being in a line withiand rounded outwardly from one side of the body7 the opposite side of the head extending laterally beyond the opposite side'of the body, said head7 from vitsrounded side having a V-shaped depres- HARRY A.v oia'inrufnn. 

